WebVT

• We've reworked how WebVT uploads voicetracks to PlayoutONE, letting remote users upload voicetracks through new security measures introduced by DNS providers like Cloudflare.
• The PlayoutONE installer now includes Microsoft's latest Visual C++ redistributable, so you don't need to install it separately or obtain it via a Windows Update.

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Audio Engine

• Fixed an issue where stream URLs being played could drop and not reconnect.
• Improved detection and recovery of connections.

LiveStream

• Improved detection and recovery of connections.

WebVT

• Updated installer to include the newly released PHP version 8.5.12. (Microsoft's latest Visual C++ Redistributable is required if not already installed.)

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where SYNC TO commands jump to the next hour when airtimes were pushed back.

Audio Engine

• Improvements to detecting and playing snippets.
• Fixed an issue where metadata was being sent using Windows-1252 encoding instead of UTF-8.

Auto Importer

• Fixed an issue where FileCopy jobs set to run after an import job completes were not triggering.
• Fixed an issue importing cuesheets.

FileCopy

• Fixed an issue with the %SourceFileNameNoExtension% placeholder.

Monitor

• Improvements to Aiir Scheduler integration.
• Improvements to Radio Workflow integration.
• Fixed an issue registering for a new Cloud Backup service.
• Fixed an issue with the formatting of Meta Radio XML outputs.

Synchroniser

• Fixed an issue where, if audio failed to send, it didn't retry.
• Fixed an issue where extros were not being correctly set.

WebVT® & LiveMIC

• Fixed an issue where LiveMIC may not connect correctly.
• Fixed an issue where Early Extro markers may not set correctly on audio uploaded via WebVT.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where voicetracks may not save correctly.
• Fixed an issue where oversweeps on snippets were being ignored when in a rotator.
• Fixed an issue where a TCPCLIENT/UDPCLIENT command created via Command Manager doesn't retain device information.

Audio Engine

• Users can no longer save settings if no output devices are assigned to the log.
• Improved date/time handling over the API, allowing commands like SYNC TO 10 September 2026 10:30:00
• Fixed an issue where the Audio Engine could hang during startup or while modifying settings.
• Fixed an issue where the log would not sync when no players were assigned.
• Fixed an issue where sharing a bus showed incorrect audio levels.
• Fixed an issue where LiveMIC could disconnect when an XLog starts playing.

Auto Importer

• Fixed an issue where notes could be removed when syncing with Scheduler.
• Fixed an issue handling empty commercial breaks from traffic logs.

FileCopy

• Fixed an issue with date placeholders and wildcard replacements.
• Fixed an issue downloading FTP files not using the correct path.

Monitor

• Added support for exporting xLogs to Aiir Scheduler.
• Added support for reconciling with Natural Log 6.
• Microsoft WebView2 runtime is now bundled with the PlayoutONE installer, fixing an issue where some authentication windows in Monitor would not appear correctly if installed on a Windows Server operating system.
• Improved support for TRE Plus metadata.
• DAX ad triggers are no longer sent to RDS metadata outputs.
• Fixed an issue updating WebVT.
• Fixed an issue where old audio files were not being recycled.

Synchroniser

• Fixed an issue where the "delete similar files" option was not working.

Miscellaneous

• Improvements to LiveMIC connection stability.

Monitor

• Fixed an issue with an isolation function not restoring databases for some users.

Audio Engine

• Improved handling of special characters in metadata.
• Audio buses can no longer be recursively shared/cloned.
• Metadata is no longer published when the log is muted.
• Audio cache improvements.

Auto Importer

• Fixed an issue where some items would not sync via MusicMaster Nexus.
• Fixed an issue where missing copy reports can fail to generate if a logo was not set.

Monitor

• Improvements to Isolation Mode.
• Fixed an issue where Cloud Backup would hang when starting.
• Fixed an issue where Microsoft 365 connections would bottleneck.
• Fixed an issue where Cloud Backup with a Dropbox account requires re-authentication.

WebVT

• Voicetracks can now be confirmed using just a keyboard.
• Fixed an issue with degraded audio playback.
• Updated styling of Audio History grid.
• Improved process for uploading large audio files.
• Fixed an issue where uploaded audio shows the incorrect duration.

Miscellaneous

• Improvements syncing with Aiir Scheduler.
• Fixed an issue where Stretch Fill would not account for rotators containing expired items.

Monitor

• Fixed a further issue affecting categories and tags in a multi-station environment.

Monitor

• Added native AdMaster traffic reconciliation format.
• Fixed an issue where syncing categories and colours could become inadvertently enabled in a multi-station environment.
• Fixed an issue where JSON characters were not being correctly processed in HTTP Post metadata outputs.

Audio Engine

• Audio Engine now checks for and accommodates fast physical audio device clocks as well as slow ones.
• Optimised log processing.
• Fixed an issue where players connected to AoIP devices could skip or stop producing audio.
• Fixed an issue where Now Playing metadata could have been sent to Monitor when it wasn't needed.
• Fixed an issue where soft-deleted items in a snippet were inserted, without the deleted state, by the SNIPPET LOAD command.
• Fixed an issue where audio log files would not include silence.
• Fixed an issue where the MUTE LOG command did not mute the net or mix players.

Auto Importer

• Fixed an issue where imported logs were not overwriting hours.
• Fixed an issue importing logs from Radio Workflow.
• Fixed an issue where stereo files uploaded via WebVT were being imported as mono.

Data Controller

• Improved integration with Axia hardware.

FileCopy

• Metadata files are no longer created when not required.
• Fixed an issue where %SourceFileName% placeholders produced incorrect results.

Media Editor

• Fixed an issue where an item's imported time was being updated when the item was modified. Now it only does that when re-imported.

Monitor

• Added support for PURE Jingles' Harmony dynamic imaging.
• Traffic reconciliation data now includes all commercials played, not just those imported from a traffic log.
• Improved support for Xperi DTS Autostage metadata.
• Email alerts are no longer automatically disabled after repeated failed attempts to authenticate, allowing you to more easily restore alerts once logged in.
• Fixed an issue where extraneous characters were being shown in Live365 metadata.
• Fixed an issue with automatically generating UIDs.
• Fixed an issue where authenticating with Radio Workflow produced an error message.
• Fixed an issue with cloud backup authentication.
• Other stability and performance improvements.

Synchroniser

• Fixed issues when syncing playlists in the past.

WebVT

• LiveMIC improvements.
• Fixed an issue where files could not be uploaded to WebVT's Media Editor from iOS devices.
• Fixed an issue assigning newly uploaded items a UID in PlayoutONE.
• Improved waveform rendering.
• Fixed an issue where the WebVT Browser fails to open after being docked in MacOS.

Miscellaneous

• Items manually added to commercial breaks (between Traffic Merge points) will now be included in PlayoutONE's reconciliation reports used by traffic systems.
• Improved processing of Now Playing metadata.
• Improved handling of Hook In/Out markers on items.
• Improved rotator behaviour so rotators containing only items unavailable due to daypart/date restrictions will no longer resolve.
• Improved audio/metadata export process.
• Fixed an issue where markers in the Segue Editor could be set in the wrong order, resulting in items fading out earlier than expected.
• Fixed 'Out of string space' error when exporting library data.
• Fixed an issue where synchronised local backups were incorrectly showing an error.
• Fixed an issue where items deleted from PlayoutONE's Media Finder would not sync with and delete in Aiir Scheduler.
• Fixed an issue duplicating child rotator UIDs.

Audio Engine

• Fixed an issue where audio can become delayed on some output devices.
• Fixed an issue where the Audio Engine could hang while closing.
• Fixed an issue with Audio Engine logs not being cleared out.
• Fixed an issue processing RunToTime commands.

Auto Importer

• Fixed an issue where Auto Importer could interrupt Template Builder from creating templates.
• Fixed an issue where auto-assigned UIDs could be the same as items in the recycle bin.

LiveStream

• Fixed an issue where LiveStream may not license properly with multiple profiles.

Monitor

• Improvements to Aiir Scheduler sync integration.
• Improvements exporting now-playing metadata via FTP output.
• Improved handling of Cloud Backups.
• Fixed an issue where you couldn't select Audio Engines on the Monitor status panel.
• Fixed an issue where email alerts were being triggered for invalid files.

Synchroniser

• Fixed an issue where Synchroniser may not respect run dates.
• Fixed an issue where rotators could not be updated via Synchroniser.
• Fixed an issue syncing category changes made in MusicMaster Nexus.

Audio Engine

• Added the ability to set a station's timezone in the database.
• Fixed an issue affecting memory usage.

Monitor

• Fixed an issue authenticating cloud backups.

Audio Engine

• Reworked audio process to run more efficiently.
• Improved handling of end dates on rotators.
• Fixed an issue resolving rotators when they contain sub-rotators.

Auto Importer

• Added an option to exclude categories from syncing with Aiir Scheduler.
• MusicMaster Nexus integration improvements.
• Fixed an issue where some items with the same UID in PlayoutONE and Scheduler were not linked correctly.
• Fixed an issue where stations sharing a log did not update the 'Scheduled To' date in Monitor.
• Fixed an issue where some Weatherology snippet commands were not triggering correctly.

FileCopy

• User Agent is now set when downloading files over HTTP, preventing files from being inaccessible due to security protocols.
• Fixed an issue downloading files from Westwood One syndication.
• Fixed an issue which prevented some jobs from running.

LiveMIC

• Reworked to run more efficiently.

Monitor

• Added a button to refresh the connection between PlayoutONE and Aiir Scheduler.
• Updated Futuri and Radioplayer metadata outputs.
• Increased the threshold to trigger database backup warnings.
• Fixed an issue syncing categories between multiple stations in the same PlayoutONE instance.
• Fixed an issue where UDP metadata outputs were not sending content in a valid UTF-8 format.
• Fixed an issue where times may not be shown on missing copy reports.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where envelopes were not being observed while in Production Mode.

Auto Importer

• Protection against rotators being unintentionally overwritten.
• Fixed an issue where stretch-filling breaks without a filler specified.
• Fixed an issue with End Dates not being imported from WideOrbit libraries if an item didn't also have a Start Date set.

Monitor

• Minor improvements to the Aiir Scheduler and Futuri integrations.
• Fixed an issue where Cloud Backup could fail to authenticate.
• Fixed an issue with Aiir Scheduler authentication on standby servers.
• Removed redundant 'force' reconciliation button as it is no longer required.

Miscellaneous

• Disable the 'Toggle Chain' button on the top of the log while in Production Mode.

Audio Engine

• Fixed an issue where some markers weren't correctly recognised in the log.
• Fixed an issue with date/time pickers.

Auto Importer

• Fixed an issue where Intro or Duration time synced to Scheduler could be negative.
• Fixed an issue with re-merging traffic logs when importing a program log with an override set on the import folder.

Miscellaneous

• The SQL DB Tool will now save a custom username and password if they are changed from the defaults.
• Fixed an issue where audio/data exports would fail if the filename field was invalid.

PlayoutONE Standard

• PlayoutONE Standard, Auto Importer, FileCopy and LiveStream are free for everyone to use without requiring a licence.
• The Standard edition of PlayoutONE is designed for individual and hobby use. It is made available as-is, without ongoing updates or support.
• Version 5.4 disables licence checks within PlayoutONE Standard and LiveStream. Auto Importer and FileCopy retain a licence screen that allows users who previously purchased a licence to unlock additional jobs, but each allows one job to be created without a licence.
• Password protection on PlayoutONE's Settings app has also been disabled to prevent unintentional lockouts.

Audio Engine

• Improvements passing Dynamic Meta updates to Monitor when nothing is playing.

Monitor

• Fixed issue where the now-playing item may not be presented to outputs.

Miscellaneous

• Start and End Dates can now sync with Aiir Scheduler.

Audio Engine

• Database optimisations for Template Builder and when handling rotators, reordering and shuffling.
• Fixed an issue displaying correct airtimes after links were recorded and saved in WebVT.
• Fixed an issue where MIXPLAY could trigger two Play Next commands.

Auto Importer

• Database optimisations for handling rotators, reordering and shuffling.
• Fixed an issue where HookNext triggers did not force airtimes to update.
• Fixed an issue where HITMARKER DISABLE was not recognised when updating airtimes.
• Fixed an issue where chaining specified in music logs was not being respected when set to false.
• Additional under-the-hood improvements.

Auto Importer

• Fixed an issue with Trim Ins, Outs and Extros not being set correctly.

Data Controller

• Fixed a label issue related to Prism and the TCP Server, which displayed the incorrect integration.

Monitor

• Added extra logging around Radio Workflow to determine authentication issues.
• Added a new 'timestamp' value for the Futuri mobile apps integration.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where PlayoutONE would still reconcile in Audio Engine mode.

Audio Engine

• Additional logging if Audio Engine is unable to communicate with Monitor.

Monitor

• Fixed an issue with the Remove Empty Breaks function not removing audio into breaks.
• Fixed an issue where Isolation Mode was only syncing seven days.
• Improvements to Aiir Scheduler integration.

Audio Engine

• SQL database optimisations.

Auto Importer

• Fixed an issue setting duck points.

Monitor

• Fixed an issue with cloud backup audio repeatedly downloading when trying to recover.
• Improvements in communicating with Audio Engine.

Auto Importer

• Fixed an issue where the Scheduler Sync process would gradually slow down during the initial sync of a large library (50,000+ items).
• Fixed an issue where the Aiir API connection could timeout during the initial sync of a large library.

Monitor

• Improved free hard drive space detection, fixed an error when drives were disconnected.
• Updated Aiir integration.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue with the Segue Editor where a ducked item's fade was not being shown correctly if the following item has a TrimIn marker set.
• SQL database optimisations.

Auto Importer

• Added the option to sync only logs via the Scheduler Sync process, working as a traditional log import job.
• UI improvements for the Scheduler Sync process.
• Fixed an issue where an initial sync to Scheduler for large libraries could time out and fail.

Performance improvements

• Database optimisations.
• Aiir CMS metadata optimisations.

Audio Engine

• Improvements in exporting Audio Engine configuration.
• Traffic log reconciliation improvements.

Auto Importer

• Genre, composer and other info gathered during imports.
• Duck points can now be set based on the Trim In and Out points.
• Fixed a bug where voice tracks may remain marked as purged after a new log has been imported.
• Fixed an issue with Auto Importer not correctly reporting items as missing.
• Fixed an issue where envelopes were not applying correctly.
• Fixed an issue where categories could not be found if their name contained square brackets.

Data Controller

• New Prism integration.

FileCopy

• Fixed an issue with FileCopy not sending email alerts.

Media Editor

• Fixed an issue where the Media Editor closed unexpectedly from the Command tab.
• Database optimisations.

Monitor

• Support for sending metadata to Futuri mobile apps.
• Replaced legacy EnMuxa metadata output with its successor, Multimuxa.
• Improved detection of invalid characters in backup file paths.
• Added an option to restore audio from a backup folder.
• Isolation Mode improvements.
• Fixed an issue where email alerts sent by Microsoft accounts would stop sending.
• Fixed an issue where Merge Error email alerts were not sending correctly.
• Fixed an issue with Monitor not correctly reporting items as missing.
• Fixed an issue where an item's metadata could not be fetched correctly.

Miscellaneous

• PlayoutONE now removes unnecessary carriage return/line feed characters from metadata when exporting a library. PlayoutONE does not create these, but they may be present and cause issues importing data if they were present when the items were originally imported to PlayoutONE.
• Silence can now be detected within an audio item, as well as at the start or end.
• LUFS normalisation improvements.
• Improved database maintenance process.
• Fixed an issue where Shared VT fades were not resetting correctly on other stations.
• Fixed an issue reconciling XLog events.

Audio Engine

• Fixed an issue where audio could be delayed over AoIP interfaces.

Auto Importer

• When importing a library from RCS NexGen, categories can be converted into PlayoutONE Tags.
• SQL database optimisations.

FileCopy

• Fixed an issue where rescheduled jobs may not run.

Monitor

• Email alerts are no longer disabled if Microsoft or Google authentication fails.
• Improvements to Shared Voice Tracks.
• Radioscape Multimuxa metadata integration now uses the current product name.
• Additional error logging.

Other

• Fixed an issue where the default Start Date in the Media Editor was invalid.
• Enabled missing fields on the Replace From Category screen.
• Optimised the Media Finder for libraries using lots of Tags.
• Fixed an issue structuring JSON files after a station is removed.
• Tweaks to Synchroniser's error logging process.

Audio Engine

• Streaming encoder buffer is now limited to 250 ms, to help with dynamically inserted in-stream ads.
• Fixed an issue where RunToTime item times were reported in milliseconds but referred to as seconds in logging.

Auto Importer

• Fixed an issue with STRETCH FILL commands not filling properly.

Monitor

• Further SQL database optimisations.
• Fixed an issue sending correctly formatted metadata when Dynamic Meta is activated.
• Fixed an issue with the length tag not being read properly when Dynamic Meta is activated.

Audio Engine

• Commercial break optimisations and improved handling of TRAFFICMERGE points.
• Audio Engine Launcher no longer gets confused when a station changes its name.
• Paused containers can now be unpaused.
• Fixed an issue where logged audio recordings do not start exactly on time.
• Fixed an issue where audio files being used by other applications may not load.
• Fixed an issue where changing the on-air machine does not clear its status.
• Fixed an issue where air times were not being correctly calculated after a stop in the chain.
• The TEMPLATE BUILDER START command now works correctly when scheduled as a log note via an external music scheduling application.
• Fixed an issue where virtual cable inputs could occasionally lag.
• Additional memory management debugging tools.

Auto Importer

• Fixed an issue where placeholder variables were not being applied to UIDs.

Data Controller

• Fixed an issue where Data Controller could not start or stop FileCopy jobs.

FileCopy

• Routine for checking file size has been updated.

Monitor

• Removed the five-minute duration restriction for silence monitoring.
• Fixed an issue with metadata in Monitor and xLog not applying correctly.
• Fixed an issue reconciling traffic logs with Radio Workflow.
• TCP metadata now includes item type. By default, 'Song' will be sent unless otherwise specified.
• Fixed an issue sending dynamic metadata to MetaRadio.

Miscellaneous

• SQL database optimisations.
• Fixed an issue which prevented new cloud backups from being set up.
• Fixed an issue where the Segue Editor's next and previous buttons may not work.
• Fixed an issue integrating with Axia GPI.
• Fixed an issue changing UIDs via the Media Finder.
• Fixed an issue where some songs played quietly in PlayoutONE Standard.

Audio Engine

• Improvements to loading times when encoding metadata to a stream.
• Additional debug logging if an item fails to load.

Monitor

• Production items or commercials can now be included in Triton metadata.
• Fixed an issue with metadata in Meta Radio and others, where variables were not getting processed correctly.
• Fixed an issue generating missing audio reports containing illegal characters in the file path.
• Items within rotators are now included in missing audio reports.

Miscellaneous

• Removed legacy LiveMIC clone device, which is no longer required with Audio Engine.
• Fixed an issue saving WebVT voice tracks to a snippet.
• Optimisations saving hours in Template Builder.
• Fixed audio history formatting.

Audio Engine

• Stability improvements.

Auto Importer

• Fixed an issue importing locked files.
• Fixed an issue where the wrong category was set on multi-stations when importing and preserving categories.

FileCopy

• Improved Weatherology integration.

Monitor

• Fixed an issue displaying MetaRadio Now Playing data.
• Fixed an issue with missing items not showing up in the missing items report if the audio file did not exist.
• Fixed a reconciliation issue where, if you chose to reconcile the parent rotator instead of the child, the UID was returned correctly but the title and artist were not.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue starting PlayoutONE in Isolation Mode.
• Fixed an issue where the .NET framework would crash trying to check a machine's name.

Audio Engine

• Fixed an issue where players were not being assigned when playing the next item.
• Items with the 'Ignore daypart on player' option no longer play if manually dragged to a player.
• Fixed an issue where notes and commands in the log would not reconcile.
• Fixed CueToSpotBreak commands ignoring Wait commands.

Auto Importer

• Auto Importer now checks and alerts you if it attempts to import an invalid file.
• Fixed an issue where LUFS were being normalised at a different level than specified in Auto Importer.
• Fixed an issue integrating with MusicMaster Nexus CS.

Data Controller

• Axia heartbeat removed.

Monitor

• Improved support for DTS AutoStage to prevent errors when nothing is playing.
• Improved efficiency in Isolation Mode.
• Improved efficiency for updating missing items in the SQL database.
• Fixed an issue which prevented silence from being detected in some cases.
• Fixed an issue where email alerts were being triggered when they should not.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where Tags could be removed if too many were specified.

Audio Engine

• Improvements to virtual cables, reducing latency between Audio Engines.

Auto Importer

• Fixed an issue where Stretch Filling was not working on items that were dayparted.
• Fixed an issue updating PlayoutONE's SQL database.

Monitor

• Fixed an issue where database changes were not completing before database replication began.
• Fixed an issue where Stretch Filling was not working on items that were dayparted.
• Fixed an issue where outdated error messages were still being shown.
• Fixed an issue where the silence threshold could not be set to more than 60 seconds.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where newly created items had LUFS set to -16dB instead of the value selected in the Settings window.

Audio Engine

• Added MIXPLAY_QUEUE command, which lets items currently playing from the mixplayer complete before attempting to play the item triggered by the command.
• Fixed an issue where issuing an AUTOMATION command in the log delayed the next item from playing.
• Fixed an issue where playback could occasionally hang.
• Fixed an issue where a previous hour under-running combined with a HitMarker meant gap times were incorrectly calculated.
• Fixed an issue where audible blips could occur as a song faded out.

Auto Importer

• Traffic logs with formatting issues no longer silently fail to import. Users will now be alerted.

Data Controller

• Additional Axia integration fixes.

Monitor

• Fixed issue with recon files.
• Additional tooltip guidance for setting up email alerts.
• Fixed an issue showing multiple stations.
• Fixed an issue with categories not syncing properly between stations.

Synchroniser

• Fixed Synchroniser so it sends times and dates with an offset value for multi-timezone stations.

WebVT

• Fixed an issue where stations sometimes may not appear in the Status panel.
• If using PlayoutONE in a multi-station configuration, the WebVT settings page would list WebVT imports for all stations, rather than just the active one. That has now been changed.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where pre-saved Axia commands without an associated device would not load.
• Fixed an issue where TrimOuts were being ignored in mixdowns.
• Fixed an issue with the PLAY UID command.
• Fixed an issue with the Media Editor's marker buttons.
• Rotators containing notes will now always show the note icon.